Six common asset protection mistakes
The top mistakes to avoid to protect your livelihood and lifetime savings.
Q&A: Medicare screening changes and new E/M service codes
Why has Medicare separated depression and alcohol screenings, and will patients incur cost-sharing with new patient portal E&M codes?
Locum tenens: Rural America’s next provider generation
How the program born out of physician shortages is bringing more care to rural America.
Social media can make your life easier
Consult your peers, make hiring faster, and engage patients.
Medical spas and state laws
What you need to consider before offering spa services to your patients.
Headlines put asset protection in context
Lessons from recent legal coverage.
RVUs: The basics of physician compensation
Fundamentals to avoid costly mistakes in employment agreements.
Indemnification is an underappreciated contractual provision
Proper understanding can lead to fewer headaches and litigation.
Five mistakes doctors make that can cause big problems
What to avoid, from cash controls to ignoring vital information.
EKRA Update: First Enforcement Action
Woman indicted for violating ERKA, making false statements, and tampering with records.
Should mid-levels be paid at a doctor’s rate?
New proposal will reimburse NPs, PAs, and physicians at the same rate regardless of clinical training.
Physicians’ biggest financial mistakes
Retirement plans, anticipating industry changes, and more.
Headlines reveal five threats to physicians’ assets
Topics include serving on community boards and disappearing medical malpractice insurance.
Tips for delivering feedback based on brain science
Seven social skills they don’t teach in medical school
These “soft skills” can be the hardest to master.
5 strategies for dealing with uncertainty
Medicine, like life, is everchanging. Here’s some strategies for abating stress in your practice.
Five strategies for building a better medical team
Effective teamwork leads to fewer medical errors and better patient care.
Five marketing tips for the first quarter
Easy, inexpensive, and sure to start the year of right.
Getting started in Locum Tenens
An autonomous alternative to the health system career.
Medicine’s shifting culture of work-life balance
What are reasonable demands of a profession dedicated to the service of our fellow human beings?
Roads Less Traveled
Physicians who have chosen rural residencies and practices report greater autonomy and a closer peer community.
Super-Users: an independent’s underutilized opportunity
Invest in tech-savvy employees to bring more value to your practice.
The intersection of HIPAA and the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act
Compliance with HIPAA and state laws has never been more important.
MSOs: What you need to know
A high-level overview of two common MSO structures.
Annual wellness visit vs health risk assessment: Understanding the differences
Despite crossover in forms, both represent different things.
Risk management: a doctor’s best asset protection
Defensive planning tactics to have a safe and profitable year.
Proactive engagement improves medication management
Tips for avoiding adverse drug events in elderly and chronically ill populations.
Q&A: Coding for Medicare Preventive and 20-minute visits
Guidelines for gift-giving in 2020
Plans you can prepare, and risks to avoid, this year.
Solving the challenges of communication
Impossible to realize, but always worthwhile to strive towards.
